Sophos's Dan Schiappa said the new version of Intercept X will be the only product in the world to combine machine learning, malware and exploit blocking, and ransomware protections into a single offering.

Sqrrl's advanced threat hunting capabilities are expected to align well with Amazon GuardDuty, an intelligent threat detection service Amazon launched in November to protect AWS accounts and workloads.

HyTrust has tasked former Zerto channel leader Jason Cowie with launching a new, multi-tier global partner program that incentivizes and rewards both traditional and non-traditional solution providers.

Percipient's flagship product monitors outbound DNS requests and blocks traffic to websites based on a list of known malicious domains, and is able to extend its filtering capability into all ports and protocols.

The Branchburg, N.J.-based company provides security program management, penetration testing and vulnerability assessment, among other services, while partnering with top tech vendors such as Juniper, Symantec and Fortinet.

From updating CPUs to greater transparency on patching and performance to more funding for security threat research, here are five security-related commitments Intel has made to its partners and customers this week.